ASHFORD’S youngsters have been in good form in the McCain UK Young Athletes League winning their opening two matches at Hastings and at the home Julie Rose track.
The results showed the depth of talent coming through at the club with a number of top grade performances.
At Hastings the 57 strong team ranged from experienced athletes to under 13s making their debuts and there were fine Grade 2 displays by young Ruby Cox in the U13 70m hurdles and star field eventer Tom Snare in the U17 discus. Tom also notched a Grade 3 in the shot.
Other top performers in the U13s were Ed Miller in the shot and Hannah Owen in the 75m sprint while in the U15s best performances came from Ben Isaac (80m hurdles), Ellie Gooding in the 75m hurdles and pole vault; Jack Goss in the 1500m and Aaron Meakin in the hammer.
The fine talent was shown in the U17s with excellent displays by Kayleigh Miller-Leslie in the 80m hurdles and 300m; Lauren Bamford in the 300m hurdles, Hester Hill’s 200m and high jump; Lizzie Highwood in the discus, Quaizim Omotosho’s shot and Tom Williams in the 200m.
Ashford won both U17 sprint relays and also took the women’s 4×300m relay.
The club were determined to shine on their own track and responded with another great day and a rash of personal bests.
They snapped up a brilliant 33 victories with Snare again outstanding winning the hammer, discus and shot just missing a hat-trick of personal bests.
Kayleigh Miller-Leslie was another treble winner taking the U17 100m, 80m hurdles and high jump; Ruby Cox again shone winning the U13 100m and 70m hurdles- the latter in her best ever 12.5seconds- and Ben Isaac won the U15 long jump in a personal best 5.36m and the 80m hurdles.
Another double came from Alex Lynch in the U13 shot and discus both with personal bests while Max Reeves claimed the U17 long jump in a best ever 5.21m and also the 100m hurdles. Ed Miller had a storming best ever 5:39.9 winning the U13 1500, added victory in the shot and was second in the 100m.
Other sprint wins came from Nathan Fatola in the U17 100m, Hester Hill in the 200m and Lauren Bamford in the 300m while in the longer distances Amelia Jones took the 800m.
Kate Funnell, better known as a race walker, turned on the pace to win the U17 1500m in a personal best time of 6:12.3 while the technical hurdles success continued with wins for Jake Timmins in the 57m hurdles in a personal best 15.8 and Tom Williams with another best in the 400mH in 63.4..
Sam Lynch won the U17 women’s pole vault with 1.90m while Eve Graham took the U13 long jump; Abigail Purkis the U17 triple jump with her best ever 8.52m and there were personal bests for Aaron Meakin in the U15 hammer win and Jack Goss in the U15 javelin victory.
Ashford won the U13 boys and girls 4×100m, as did the U17 squads and well as the U17 women’s 4×300m.
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Youngsters on track
Runners on course
Ashford Athletics Club men’s team are currently joint top of the East Kent Road Relays after a successful first two races at Folkestone and Minnis Bay.
At the first race at Folkestone the men’s squad of Matt Hogben, Matt Britton, Jack Wreathall and Anthony Forsyth finished only 14 seconds behind Invicta East Kent over the 59 minute race. The senior women’s Team of Amelia Jones, Kate Funnell and Chloe Forsyth also finished in second place behind Folkestone Running Club.
The Club also fielded a Vets women team who finished in second place behind Deal Tri with Candy Hawkins, Lesley Hall and Jenny Brown capping off a brilliant set of results for the club. The club also fielded a men’s B and C team with the B Team finishing in sixth place and the C Team in seventh respectively.
The second race at Minnis Bay took place last week and this time Matt Britton, Anthony Forsyth, Matt Hogben and Warren Uden managed to overhaul Invicta to win the race in an excellent time of 50 minutes.
Matt Britton produced an excellent run, running the 3.6 kilometre course in 11:59 and was just behind the quickest runner of the night. The men’s Team are now level on points with Invicta going into the third race at Victoria Park, Ashford on Tuesday June 7.
Golden day for senior women
The successful senior women
ASHFORD AC’s senior women had a splendid day at the Kent Relays championships at the Black Lion track in Gillingham.
Highlight was a well deserved gold in the 4×400m race where Laura Hanagan, Caroline Hatley, Sam Beckett and Rachel Hanagan came from behind to take top honours.
Always playing catch-up Sam managed to hand over to Laura in second place after the third leg and she tucked in behind the leader to storm home down the final straight to secure a brilliant gold.
In 4×100m Sam, Rachel and Caroline were joined by Lucy Holmes to secure a hard earned bronze and there was another third for the quartet of Sam, Lucy, Caroline and Caitlin Dock in another fine run in the 4×200m final.
It was a remarkable performance by Sam who only got home at 4am after taking a second in the final of the Street Athletics in Manchester to get up and help the three senior women’s squads to the gold and two bronze medals.
The club secured another bronze in the U15 girls 4×100m event with fine runs by Sophie Hamlyn, Kayleigh Miller Leslie, Lauren Bamford and Hester Hill.
The U15 4×200m squad just missed out the medals in fourth after a good effort by Kayleigh, Lauren and Hester joined by Abigail Purkis.
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